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Paperitalo Environmental News
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Hundreds slammed with major fines after officers discover illegal forest operations: 'We're worried someone will get hurt'
"People need to respect these areas and other visitors."
by Christine DulionJanuary 11, 2026
Rangers in Queensland recently launched a sweeping enforcement crackdown on visitors breaking the rules in national and state parks. Warning parkgoers … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Bob Weir, a musician who took the environment seriously
Bob Weir, who died on January 10th, was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. For decades he was also an unusually persistent environmental advocate, one who treated land, forests, and climate not as metaphors but as material systems under … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Guest column/Why are we fracking Ohio’s only national forest?
The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio counties. In the 1800s, the region was heavily logged to supply wood for 46 charcoal furnaces used for iron smelting. Farming also … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | German national soccer team selects Wake Forest University as training base for FIFA World Cup
The German Men’s National Soccer Team has chosen Winston-Salem as its home base for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Wake Forest University and The Graylyn Estate serving as the official training site and team headquarters. The team, which has won four World … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Innovation to Fund Tropical Forest Protection
A tropical rainforest in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. (Photo: Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash)
The new Tropical Forest Forever Facility launched by Brazil at the 2025 UN climate talks is different from other efforts to … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Environment Ministry launches ‘Fun That Changes the World’ for National Children’s Day 2026
Children take part in hands-on environmental activities during National Children’s Day events organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, promoting climate awareness, nature conservation, and pride in Thai identity.
BANGKOK, Thailand – … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Promotion eludes field-level forest officers
Despite assurances from the environment, forest and climate change adviser and directives from the law ministry, field-level forest officers have been deprived of promotion.
Forest officers allege that seniority is not being followed properly, depriving … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | Tamil Nadu notifies 100 new reserve forests, forest cover rises to 24.47%
The Tamil Nadu government has notified 100 new reserve forest areas across 10 districts between 2021 and 2025, raising the state’s forest and tree cover to 24.47 per cent.
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday said it has notified 100 new reserve forest … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | India News | 'We Will Fight Pollution and Eliminate It': Delhi Environment Minister Sirsa Details Action Plan in Assembly
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Delhi Minister for Environment, Forest and Wildlife Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday asserted that the Delhi government has adopted a firm, results-oriented approach to tackle air pollution, saying the fight against … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
| | | In new deal with feds, Utah gets ‘a seat at the table’ in managing national forest land
Utah has had more than 7 million acres of national forest for over a century but not the say it wanted in managing them. That changed Thursday morning when the state finalized a new agreement with the U.S. Forest Service, intended in part to expand logging … Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:52 am EST
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